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Guernesey / Guernsey
 
Guernsey (UK), coat of arms
 
933 - 1204                Part of Normandy
1187 - 1487               Lordship of the Isles
   Jun 1204               Part of England
       1279 -             Bailiwick of Guernsey
30 Jun 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation
 
Lords of the Isles
       1198 - 31 Dec 1199 John Plantagenat, count of Mortian
01 Jan 1200 -    Jun 1204 Pierre de Preaux
1234 - 1240               Henry de Trubleville
1254 - 1271               Prince Edward of England
1277 - 1328               Sir Otton de Grandison ....................... 1238-1328
27 Nov 1415 - 14 Sep 1435 John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford
09 Feb 1437 - 23 Feb 1447 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
23 Feb 1447 - 1449        Anne de Beauchamp
23 Jul 1449 - 07 May 1459 Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (1st Time)
       1461 - 14 Apr 1471 Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (2nd Time)
14 Apr 1471 - 13 Dec 1487 Anne de Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick
 
Wardens
1203 - 1206               Gregory Balizan
1206 - 1207               Geoffrey de Lucy (1st Time)
1207 - 1220               Philippe d'Aubigny I
1220 - 1223               Philippe d'Aubigny II
1223 - 1226               Geoffrey de Lucy (2nd Time)
1226                      Hugues de Saint Philibert
1226 - 1227               Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (1st Time)
1227 - 1229               Guillaume de St. Jean
1229 - 1230               Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (2nd Time)
22 Jun 1230 - 1232        Henri de Trubleville
1232 - 1234               Philippe de Carenet
                        - Amaury de St. Amand
                        - Guillaume de St. Jean
                        - Philippe d'Aubigny
1240                      Guillaume de Bouelles
1240 - 1252               Drouet de Barentin
1252 - 1254               Richard, Baron Grey of Codnor (3rd Time)
1373 - 1374               Sir Edward Rose
20 Apr 1373 - 12 Aug 1374 Sir William de Asthorp
12 Aug 1373 - 1376        Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
       1376 - 23 Apr 1393 Sir Hugh de Calverley
       1393 - 30 Nov 1396 Sir John de Golafre of Langley
30 Nov 1396 - 22 Mar 1405 Edward, Earl of Rutland (1st Time)
1405                      Sir John Lisle
       1407 - 25 Oct 1415 Edward, Duke of York (2nd Time)
1409 - 1412               Richard of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge
1416                      Henry Mulso
1436 - 1442               Sir John Bernard
24 Jan 1447 - 1448        John de Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont
1448                      Ralph Boteler, Baron Sudeley
1448                      William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk
1452 - 1457               John Nanfan (1st Time)
12 May 1460 - 1461        John Nanfan (2nd Time)
1460                      Druet Le Marcahnt
Governors
1478 - 1482               Sir John Ditchfield
1482 - 1484               Sir Edward Brampton .......................... 1444-1508
1484 - 1485               Thomas Ridley
28 Nov 1485 - 1509        Edmund Weston
                        - Thomas de St. Martin
22 May 1509 - 1522        Sir Richard Weston ........................... 1465-1541
1522 - 1533               Thomas Oglander
1533 - 1541               Sir Francis Weston
1541 - 1545               Sir Richard Long ............................. 1474-1546
1545 - 1553               Sir Peter Mewtis
25 Sep 1553 - 22 May 1560 Sir Leonard Chamberlain
1561 - 1570               Sir Francis Chamberlain
14 Apr 1560 - 1609        Sir Thomas Leighton
1610 - 1621               George, Lord Carew of Clopton,
                           Lord of Totnes .............................. 1555-1629
01 Jul 1621 - 20 Jan 1644 Henry Danvers, Earl of Derby ................. 1573-1644
20 Jan 1644 - 1649        Sir Peter Osborne ............................ 1584-1653
                          (Royalist governor)
       1649 - 17 Dec 1651 Henry Percy, Baron of Alnwick ................ 1604-1659
                          (Royalist governor)
1644 - 1649               Earl Robert of Warwick ....................... 1587-1658
                          (Parliament governor) 
22 Oct 1649 - 1650        Alban Coxe
                          (Parliament governor)
       1650 - 28 Feb 1660 John Bingham
                          (Parliament governor)
28 Feb      -    May 1660 Henry Wanseye
                          (Parliament governor)
1660 - 1662               Sir Hugh Pollard ............................. 1603-1666
1662 - 1665               Lord Christopher Hatton of Kirby ............. 1605-1670
1665 - 1670               Sir Jonathan Atkins
1670 - 1706               Christopher Hatton,
                           Viscount Hatton of Gretton .................. 1632-1706
1706 - 1711               Charles Churchill ............................ 1656-1714
       1715 - 06 Sep 1732 Lord Daniel Harvey ........................... 1664-1732
       1732 - 07 May 1733 George Cholmondeley
                           Earl of Cholmondeley ........................ 1666-1733
1735 - 1737               Richard Sutton ............................... 1674-1737
1737 - 1739               Francis de la Rochefoucauld,
                           marquis de Montandre ........................ 1672-1739
       1742 - 07 Feb 1750 Algernon Seymour, Lord Percy,
                           Duke of Somerset ............................ 1680-1770
1750 - 1752               Sir John Louis Ligonier
1752 - 1766               John West, Earl de la Warr ................... 1693-1766
       1766 - 01 Oct 1770 Sir Richard Lyttelton ........................ 1718-1770
       1770 - 03 Aug 1797 Sir Jeffery Amherst,
                           Baron Amherst of Holmesdale ................. 1717-1797
       1797 - 14 Nov 1807 Charles Grey, Earl Grey of Howick ............ 1729-1807
       1807 - 26 Oct 1827 George Augustus Herbert Pembroke,
                           Earl of Pembroke ............................ 1759-1827
       1827 - 11 Dec 1834 Sir William Keppell .......................... 1752-1834
Lieutenant Governors (Taking on the role of Governor from 1834)

1488 - 1490               John Apris

1503                      David Philip

1509 - 1522               Oliver Oglander

1522 - 1533               Thomas Oglander

1551 - 1570               Thomas Compton

1580 - 1588               Thomas Wigmore

1591                      George Paulet

1600                      Lord Zouche 

1605 - 1608               Peter Carey

1610 - 1620               Sir Amice de Carteret

1620                      Thomas Andros

1621 - 20 Jan 1644        Sir Peter Osborne

1644 - 1646               Nathaniel Darrell

                          (Royalists governor)

1643 - 1649               Robert Russell

                          (Parliament governor)

29 May 1646 -    May 1649 Sir Baldwin Wake

                          (Royalists governor)

26 Oct 1649 - 17 Dec 1651 Sir Roger Burgess 

1647 - 1651               James Harrison 

                          (Parliament governor)

1650                      Henry Sharp

                          (Parliament governor)

1654 - 1658               Charles Waterhouse

                          (Parliament governor)

1659                      John Weaver

28 Feb 1660 - 24 Apr 1660 Henry Wanseye

24 Apr 1660 - 24 Jul 1661 Sharp

1661 - 1664               Nathaniel Darrell, Jr.

       1664 -    Dec 1680 William Sheldon .............................. 1609-1680

1681                      George Lyttleton

1684                      Charles Hatton

1685                      Charles Macarty

1687 - 1688               John Legge

1688                      Sidney Godolphin ............................. 1652-1732

1689 - 1703               Bernard Ellis ................................ 16..-1703

1704 - 1706               Sir Edmund Andros ............................ 1637-1714

1707                      Oliver Hetherington

1711 - 1726               Giles Spicer ................................. 1647-17..

1726 - 1735               Louis Dollon

1735 - 1745               John Graham                        

1745 - 1756               Charles Strahan

1756 - 1776               Sir John Mylne  

1776 - 1783               Paulus Aemilius Irving ....................... 1751-1828

1784 - 1793               William Brown

1793                      Thomas Dundas ................................ 1741-1820

1793                      James Henry Craig ............................ 1748-1812

       1793 - 17 Mar 1796 John Small ................................... 1726-1796

1796 - 1802               Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple ................. 1750-1830

1803 - 1816               Sir John Doyle ............................... 1750-1834

1816 - 1821               Henry Bailey

1821 - 1828               John Colborne, Baron Seaton .................. 1778-1863

1828 - 1837               John Dawes Ross .............................. 1769-1843

1837 - 1842               Sir James Dawes Douglas ...................... 1785-1862

   Feb 1842 -    Dec 1847 Sir William Francis Patrick Napier ........... 1785-1860

24 Jan 1848 - 30 Jun 1854 Sir John Bell ................................ 1782-1876

01 Aug 1854 - 10 May 1856  William Thomas Knollys ...................... 1797-1883

       1856 - 01 Apr 1859 George Judd Harding .......................... 1788-1860

01 Apr 1859 - 01 Apr 1864 Marcus John Slade ............................ 1801 1872

01 Apr 1864 - 01 May 1869 Charles Rochfort Scott ....................... 1790-1872

01 May 1869 - 01 May 1874 Edward Charles Frome ......................... 1802-1890

01 May 1874 - 30 Apr 1879 St. George Gerald Foley ...................... 1814-1897

01 May 1879 - 10 Oct 1883 Alexander Abercromby Nelson .................. 1816-1893

10 Oct 1883 - 01 Nov 1885 Henry Andrew Sarel ........................... 1823-1887

01 Nov 1885 - 21 Feb 1889 John Henry Ford Elkington .................... 1830-1889

1889 - 1894               Edward Gascoyne Bulwer ....................... 1829-1910

1894 - 1899               Nathaniel Stevenson .......................... 1840-1911

1899 - 1903               Michael Henry Saward ......................... 1840-1928

1903 - 1908               Barrington Bulkeley Douglas Campbell ......... 1845-1918

1908 - 1911               Robert Auld .................................. 1848-1911

1911 - 1914               Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton .................. 1854-1944

1914                      Henry Merrick Lawson ......................... 1859-1933

1914 - 1918               Reginald Clare Hart .......................... 1848-1931

1918 - 1920               Launcelot Edward Kiggell ..................... 1862-1954

1920 - 1925               John Edward Capper ........................... 1861-1955

1925 - 1929               Sir Charles John Sackville-West .............. 1870-1962 

1929 - 1934               Sir Edward Henry Willis ...................... 1870-1961

1934 - 1939               Edward Nicholson Broadbent ................... 1875-1944

1939 - 1940               Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer-Smollet .... 1884-1954

            - 21 Jun 1940 John Randle Minshull-Ford .................... 1881-1948

21 Jun      - 25 Jun 1940 Victor Gosselin Carey ........................ 1871-1957
                          (acting)
25 Aug 1945 - 1953        Philip Neame ................................. 1888-1978
1953 - 1958               Thomas Walker Elmhirst ....................... 1895-1982
1958 - 1964               Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Ronson ........... 1902-1989
1964 - 1969               Sir Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman .......... 1903-1974
1969 - 1974               Sir Charles Piercy Mills ..................... 1914-2006
       1974 - 22 Apr 1980 Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin ............... 1918-2011
22 Apr 1980 - 1985        Sir Peter de Lacey Le Cheminant .............. 1920-
1985 - 1990               Sir Alexander Crawford Simpson Boswell ....... 1928-
       1990 - 25 Apr 1994 Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins ......... 1933-1994
25 Apr 1994 - 2000        Sir John Francis Coward ...................... 1937-
   May 2000 - 28 Sep 2005 Sir John Paul Foley .......................... 1939-
28 Sep      - 18 Oct 2005 Geoffrey Robert Rowland ...................... 1948-
                          (acting)
18 Oct 2005 - 15 Apr 2011 Sir Fabian Malbon ............................ 1946-
15 Apr 2011 -             AM. Peter Bret Walker ........................ 1949-
 
 
Bailiffs
12 May 1945 - 1946        Sir Victor Gosselin Carey .................... 1871-1957
1946 - 1959               Sir Ambrose James Sherwill ................... 1890-1968
       1959 - 21 Jul 1973 Sir William Henry Arnold ..................... 1903-1973
27 Jul 1973 - 06 Aug 1982 Sir John Henry Loveridge ..................... 1912-1994
06 Aug 1982 - 1992        Sir Charles Keith Frossard ................... 1922-2012
18 Feb 1992 - 28 Mar 1999 Graham Martyn Dorey .......................... 1932-
28 Mar 1999 - 15 Jun 2005 Sir de Vic Graham Carey ...................... 1940-
15 Jun 2005 - 23 Mar 2012 Sir Geoffrey Robert Rowland .................. 1948-
23 Mar 2012 -             Richard Collas ............................... 1958-
 
 
Chief Ministers
01 May 2004 - 05 Mar 2007 Laurence Charles Morgan ...................... 1967-
05 Mar 2007 - 01 May 2008 Michael W. Torode
01 May 2008 - 01 May 2012 Lyndon Sean Trott ............................ 1964-
01 May 2012 - 12 Mar 2014 Peter Harwood ................................ 1947-
12 Mar 2014 -             Jonathan Le Tocq ............................. 1964-
 
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Aoeur'gny/Aurigny/Alderney
 
 
Alderney Island (UK), coat of arms
 
933                       Part of Normandy
1204                      English fiefdom
1236                      Part of the English Crown
1660 - 1825               Separated from Guernsey
23 Jun 1825 -             Subordinated to Guernsey
01 Jul 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation
 
Lords
1182 - 1222               Wilhelmus Artifex
1222 - 1238               Peter L'Ingenieur
1290 - 1302               Raoul Eudes
 
Governor
1376 - 1379               Thomas Porteman
Lieutenant governors
1559 - 1584               George Chamberlayne, Baron of Guernsey
29 May 1584 - 30 Sep 1585 John Chamberlayne of Longcombe,
                           Baron Oxfordshire
30 Sep 1585 - 26 Mar 1590 Vacant
26 Mar 1590 - 25 Feb 1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
25 Feb 1601 - 1604        Vacant
1604 - 1607               Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
1607 - 1608               William Chamberlain I
1608                      John Chamberlain I
1608 - 1639               William Chamberlain II
161. - 1618               John Chamberlain II
03 Mar 1639 - 1640        John Colles

1640 - 1642
               William Colles
1642 - 1643               Mary Colles
25 Nov 1643 - 1646        Peter Le Febvre, surier de L'Epine
                          (pretender)
25 Mar 1646 - 1648        Peter de Beauvoir de Bosq
11 Mar 1648 - 1651        Benjamin Lemprière
   Jun 1651 - 1651        George Mishaw (1st time)
       1651 - 1654        John Ring
23 Jun 1654 - 165.        George Mishaw (2nd time)
       165. - 1658        Sir William Essex
21 May 1658 - 1659        Nicholas Ling
13 Jul 1659 - 1660        William Andros
Governors
       1660 - 14 Jan 1679 Sir George Carteret
06 Jan 1679 - 14 Jan 1680 George Mishaw
14 Jan 1680 - 1682        Elizabeth Carteret
       1682 - 29 Aug 1683 Edward Le Breton
29 Aug 1683 - 24 Feb 1714 Sir Edmond Andros
1714                      George Andros
1714 - 1721               Ann Andros
1721 - 1722               John Le Mesurier I
1722 - 1729               Anne Le Mersurier
06 Feb 1730 - 1744        Henry Le Mesurier
       1744 - 16 Mar 1793 John Le Mesurier II
16 Mar 1793 - 21 Jan 1803 Peter Le Mesurier
21 Jan 1803 - 13 Apr 1825 John Le Mesurier III
 
Judges
21 Jan 1803 - 11 Jan 1807 Jean Ollivier 
01 Aug 1807 - 02 Apr 1836 Pierre Gauvin
02 Apr      - 11 Apr 1836 Jean Gauvain (acting)
11 Apr      - 28 Apr 1836 Thomas Le Cocq (acting)
28 Apr      - 26 Nov 1836 Nicholas Barbenson
                          (1st time, acting) 
26 Nov 1836 - 21 Sep 1856 Jean Gaudion
29 Nov 1836 - 15 Dec 1856 Nicholas Barbenson
                          (2nd time, acting)
15 Dec 1856 - 30 Apr 1876 Thomas Clucas
01 May      - 09 Oct 1876 Jean Pezet (acting)
09 Oct 1876 - 02 Oct 1892 Thomas Nicholas Barbenson
02 Oct      - 17 Dec 1892 Peter Herivel (acting)
17 Dec 1892 - 31 May 1897 John A. Le Cocq
05 Jun 1897 - 12 Apr 1912 Nicholas Peter Barbenson .................... 1838-1928
12 Apr 1913 - 15 Mar 1938 Robert Walter Mellish ....................... 1869-1938
15 Mar      - 16 Jul 1938 A.C. Tourgis (acting)
16 Jul 1938 -    Nov 1947 Frederick G. French ......................... 1889-1963
                          (absent 1940 - 1945)
   Nov      - 15 Dec 1947 Daniel Le Cocq (acting)
15 Dec 1947 - 31 Dec 1948 Sir Frank Henry Cafande Wiltshire ........... 1881-1948
Presidents of the States of Alderney
01 Jan 1949 - 26 Aug 1970 Sydney Peck Herivel ......................... 1890-1970
27 Aug 1970 - 1977        George William Baron (1st Time)
1977 - 1994               Jon Kay-Mouat ............................... 1933-2010
                          (1st Time)
1994 - 1997               George William Baron (2nd Time)
       1997 - 19 Jan 2002 Jon Kay-Mouat (2nd Time)
19 Jan 2002 - 22 Jun 2011 Sir Norman Browse ........................... 1931-
22 Jun 2011 -             Stuart Trought .............................. 1950-
 
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Sark
 

Normandie (historical province of France), coat of arms - vector image

 

933                       Part of the Duchy of Normandie

   Jun 1204               English possession

31 Jul 1549 - 07 Sep 1553 French occupation

1560 - 1562               French occupation

06 Aug 1565               Seigneury of Sark an English fiefdom,

                           subordinanted to Guernsey

23 Mar 1643 - 25 Aug 1660 Under Parliamentary rule

04 Jul 1940 - 10 May 1945 German occupation

09 Apr 2008               Feudalism abolished and replayed by constitutional law

 

Seigneurs

06 Aug 1565 - 1579        Hélier de Carteret .......................... 1532-1581

       1579 - 20 May 1594 Philippe de Carteret I ...................... 1552-1594

20 May 1594 - 23 Aug 1643 Sir Philippe de Carteret II ................. 1584-1643

Governors

01 Sep 1643 - 1657        Nicholas Ling ............................... 1599-1679

       1657 -    Apr 1659 Richard Winne

   Apr 1659 - 25 Aug 1660 Jean Le Gros ................................ 1616-1677

Seigneurs

25 Aug 1660 -    Nov 1662 Philippe de Carteret III .................... 1620-1662

   Nov 1662 - 23 Oct 1693 Sir Philippe de Carteret VI ................. 1650-1693

1662 - 1671               Nicholas Richardson (Regent)

23 Oct 1693 - 06 Jun 1715 Sir Charles de Carteret ..................... 1679-1715

06 Jun 1715 - 03 Sep 1720 John Carteret, Baron Carteret ............... 1690-1763

03 Sep 1720 - 1723        John Johnson ................................ 16..-1723

01 May 1723 - 1730        James Milner ................................ 16..-1730

            - 28 Aug 1730 Joseph Wilcock, Bishop of Gloucester ........ 1673-1756

                          (executor)

28 Aug 1730 - 24 Jun 1733 Dame Susanne Le Pelley ...................... 1668-1733

24 Jun 1733 - 1742        Nicolas Le Pelley ........................... 1692-1742

1742 - 1752               Daniel Le Pelley ............................ 1694-1752

       1752 - 17 Dec 1778 Pierre Le Pelley I .......................... 1736-1778

1752 - 1757               Elizabeth Le Lacheur ........................ 1703-17..

                          (acting for Pierre)  

1778 - 1820               Pierre Le Pelley II ......................... 1758-1820

       1820 - 01 Mar 1839 Pierre Le Pelley III ........................ 1799-1839

01 Mar 1839 - 06 Oct 1849 Ernest Le Pelley ............................ 1801-1849

06 Oct 1849 - 04 Dec 1852 Pierre Carey Le Pelley ...................... 1828-18..

04 Dec 1852 - 26 Apr 1853 Dame Marie Allaire Collings ................. 1791-1853

26 Apr 1853 - 07 Mar 1882 William Thomas Collings ..................... 1823-1882

07 Mar 1882 - 14 Jun 1927 William Frederick Collings .................. 1852-1927

14 Jun 1927 - 14 Jul 1974 Dame Sybil Collings Beaumont ................ 1884-1974 

05 Nov 1929 - 15 Dec 1954 Robert Woodward Hathaway .................... 1888-1954

                          (co-Seigneur)

14 Jul 1974 -             John Michael Beaumont ....................... 1927-

 

 

Seneschals, Presidents of Chief Pleas, and Chief Judges

15 Jul 1675 - 1680        Pierre Gibault

1680 - 1683               Thomas de Beauvoir 

1683 - 1702               Phillipe Dumeresq

1702 - 1707               Jean Payne

1707 - 1744               Philippe de Carteret

1744 - 1752               Henri de Carteret

1752 - 1777               Phillipe Le Masurier

1777 - 1785               Henri Le Masurier

1785 - 1807               Amice Le Couteur

1808 - 1812               Jean Le Couteur

1812 - 1830               Jean Falle

1830 - 1841               Elie Le Masurier

1841 - 1851               Philippe Guille 

1851 - 1876               Thomas Godfray

1876 - 1881               William de Carteret .......................... 1817-1890

1881 - 1891               Abraham Baker ................................ 1822-1900

1891 - 1920               Thomas Godfray

1920 - 1922               Kenneth Campbell

1922 - 1925               Ashby Taylor

1925 - 1937               Frederick de Carteret

1937 - 1945               William Carré ................................ 1883-1963

1945 - 1969               William Baker

1969 - 1979               Bernard Jones

1979 - 1985               Hilary Carré ................................. 1909-1995

1985 - 2000               Lawrence Philip de Carteret .................. 1936-

2000 -                    Reginald J. Guille ........................... 1942-

 

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Brechou (Brecqhou)
 
Tenants
1929 - 1932               Angelo Clark
       1932 - 20 Jun 1940 Thomas Arthur Clark
1949 - 1966               John Donald Thomson
       1966 - 06 Oct 1987 Leonard Joseph Matchan ....................... 1911-1987
1993 -                    Sir David Rowat Barclay ...................... 1934-
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Herm

 

Tenants

1717 - 1737               Charles Nowall

1737 - 1766               Peter Carey I

1766 - 1770               Peter Carey II

1770 - 1774               Caroline Carey

1774 - 1779               Peter de Jersey

                        + Thomas de Jersey

1779 - 1800               John de Jersey

1800 - 1815               Pierre Mauger

1815 - 1826               John Lindsay ................................. 1762-1826

1830 - 1836               Jonathan Duncan

1842 - 1854               Ebenezer Fernie

1854 - 1860               John Henry

                        + Steven Touzeau-Martin

1860 - 1862               Thomas Bartlett

1862 - 1867               Thomas Hyde

1867 - 1877               Montague J. Fielden .......................... 1816-1898

1877 - 1878               James Considine (1st time)

1878 - 1881               Arthur Maxwell

1881 - 1882               James Considine (2nd time)

1884 - 1889               James Linklater (or Leith)

1889 - 1914               Gebhard, Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt ......... 1836-1916

1917 - 1920               Wheadon and Company

1920 - 1923               Sir Edward Montague Compton MacKenzie ........ 1883-1972

1923 - 1939               Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry,

                           Baron Perry of Stock Harvard ................ 1878-1956

1946 - 1949               Alfred Graham Jefferies

1949 - 1998               Alexander Gough Wood ......................... 1915-1998

       1998 - 01 Oct 2008 Adrian Heyworth

                        + Penelope Wood Heyworth

01 Oct 2008 -             John Singer

                        + Julia Singer

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Lihou

 

1114 - 1539               Benedictine Priory of St. Marie (under Mont St. Michel to 1415)

1204 - 1259               To France

1259 -                    To England thereafter

c.1560s                   St. Mary's Priory is abandoned and falls into ruin

1759                      Priory chapel is demolished to prevent French occupation

1940 - 1945               German occupation

1995                      Purchased by Guernsey from the Crown 

 

Priors of St. Mary's Priory

1270 - ....               Pierre Bernard

1448 - 14..               Guillaume Michel

1477 - ....               Pierre Sauson

1500 - 15..               Ralph Leonard

                          (Custodian)

c.1560                    Thomas de Baugy

 

Tenants (from 1798-1940s and 1962-95 owners of Lihou farmhouse)

1815 - 1821               Eléazar Le Marchant

1863 - 1883               James Priaulx

1883 - 1905               Arthur Clayfield

1905 - 1927               Col. Hubert de Lancey Walters ................ 1868-1936

1927 - 1954               Mr. Duquemin

                        + Mr. Clarke

1927 - 1954               Albert Best

                          (Subtenant)

1954 - 1961               Mr. and Mrs. Conniff

                        + Mr. and Mrs. Hudson

1961 - 1983               Col. Patrick Alwen Wootton ................... 1919-2000

1984 - 1995               Robin S. Borwick ............................. 1927-2003


 
Jersey
 
 
1204                      Jersey an English fiefdom
1279 -                    Bailiwick of Jersey
01 May 1707               British Crown Colony
01 Jul 1940 - 09 May 1945 German occupation
 
Governors
1660 - 1665               Henry, Lord Jermyn of Saint Albans
1665 - 1679               Sir Thomas Morgan
1679 - 1684               Sir John Lanier
1684 - 1688               Thomas, Lord Jermyn
1688 - 1703               John Legge
1703        - 18 Oct 1722 Henry Lumley
1723 - 1749               Richard Temple
1749 - 1761               John Huske
1761 - 1772               George Keppel, Earl of Albemarle
1772        - 09 Jul 1795 Henry Seymour Conway
1795        - 16 Jul 1796 Sir George Howard
1796        - 14 Sep 1807 George Townshend,
                           Marquess of Townshend
1807 - 1820               John Pitt, Earl of Chatham
       1820 - 08 Jan 1854 William Carr Beresford, Viscount ........... 1768-1854
                           Beresford
 
Lieutenant-Governors
07 Jul 1770 - 04 Apr 1771 Rudolph Bentinck
04 Apr 1771 - 1781        Moses Corbet
       1781 - 1797        Francis Pierson
05 Oct 1797 -    Apr 1806 Andrew M. Gordon
21 Jun 1806 -    Jul 1814 Sir George Don
08 Oct 1814 - 1816        Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner
09 May 1816 - 1821        Sir Hugh Mackay Gordon
23 Jul 1821 - 07 Aug 1830 Sir Colin Halkett
26 Nov 1830 - 01 Apr 1835
 Sir William Thornton
22 Apr 1835 -    May 1838 Sir Archibald Campbell
14 Sep 1838 - 09 Jan 1847 Sir Edward Gibbs
16 Jan 1847 - 09 Apr 1852 Sir James Henry Reynett
30 Apr 1852 - 30 Jan 1857 Sir James Frederick Love
30 Jan 1857 - 10 Jul 1860 Godfrey Charles Mundy
18 Sep 1860 - 05 Oct 1862 Sir Robert Percy Douglas
05 Oct 1862 - 23 Oct 1863 B. Loch (acting)
23 Oct 1863 - 01 Oct 1869 Burke Douglas Cuppage
01 Oct 1869 - 01 Oct 1873 Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy
01 Oct 1873 - 30 Sep 1878 Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott 
01 Oct 1878 - 30 Sep 1883 Lothian Nicholson
01 Oct 1883 - 01 Nov 1887 Henry Wray
01 Nov 1887 - 1892        Charles Brisbane Ewart
02 Nov 1892 - 1895        Edwin Markham
10 May 1895 - 1900        Sir Edward Hopton
1900 - 1904               Henry Richard Abadie
1904 - 1910               Hugh Sutley Gough
       1910 - 05 Dec 1916 Sir Alexander Nelson Rochefort
05 Dec 1916 - 29 Oct 1920 Sir Alexander Wilson
29 Oct 1920 - 1924        Sir William Douglas Smith
1924 - 1929               Sir Francis Richard Bingham
1929 - 1934               Walter Patrick Hore-Ruthven, Baron Ruthven 
1934 - 1939               Sir Horace de Courcey Martelli .............. 1877-1959
       1939 - 21 Jun 1940 James Murray Robert Harrison ................ 1880-1957
25 Aug 1945 - 1953        Sir Arthur Edward Grasset ................... 1888-1971
1953 - 1958               Sir Randolph Steward Gresham Nicholson ...... 1892-1975
       1958 -    Dec 1963 Sir George Eben James Erskine ............... 1899-1965
   Jan 1964 - 1969        Sir John Michael Villiers ................... 1907-1990
1969 - 1974               Sir John Gilbert Davis ...................... 1911-1989
1974 - 1979               Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond Fitzpatrick .... 1912-2002
1979 - 1984               Sir Peter John Frederick Whiteley
1985 - 1990               Sir William Thomas Pillar ................... 1924-1999
1990 - 1995               Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton ............. 1932-2014
   Sep 1995 - 12 Oct 2000 Sir Michael John Wilkes ..................... 1941-2013
12 Oct 2000 - 24 Jan 2001 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache ................. 1946-
                          (1st Time)
24 Jan 2001 - 07 Apr 2006 Sir John Anthony Cheshire ................... 1942-
07 Apr      - 14 Jun 2006 Sir Philip Martin Bailhache (2nd Time)
14 Jun 2006 - 30 Jun 2011 Sir Andrew Pieter Ridgway ................... 1950-
25 Sep 2011 -             Sir John Chalmers McColl .................... 1952-
 
 
Bailiffs
1660 - 1661               Sir George Carteret
1661 - 1662               Sir Philip de Carteret
1662 - 1665               Philippe de Carteret of Grouville
1665 - 1682               Sir Édouard de Carteret
1682 - 1693               Sir Philip de Carteret
1694 - 1703               Édouard de Carteret
       1703 - 06 Jun 1715 Charles de Carteret
       1715 - 02 Jan 1763 John Carteret, Baron Carteret,
       1763 - 13 Sep 1776 Robert Carteret, Earl Granville
       1776 - 17 Jun 1826 Baron Henry Frederick Carteret,
1826 - 1831               Thomas Le Breton
1831 - 1848               Sir Jean de Veulle
1848 - 1857               Sir Thomas Le Breton
1858 - 1880               John Hammond
       1880 - 10 Nov 1884 Sir Robert Pipon Marett
1884 - 1898               Sir George Clement Bertram
1898                      Charles Edward Malet de Carteret
1899 - 1931               Sir William Henry Venables-Vernon ........... 1852-1934
1931 - 1935               Charles Edward Malet de Carteret
       1935 - 01 Jul 1940 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,
                           Baron Coutanche ............................ 1892-1973
25 Aug 1945 - 17 Nov 1961 Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche,
                           Baron Coutanche (2nd Time)
17 Nov 1961 - 14 Apr 1962 Cecil Stanley Harrison ...................... 1902-1962
                          (acting)
01 May 1962 - 31 Dec 1974 Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier ................. 1913-1996
01 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1985 Sir Herbert Frank Cobbold Ereaut ............ 1919-1998
01 Jan 1986 - 02 Feb 1995 Sir Peter Leslie Crill ...................... 1925-2005
02 Feb 1995 - 09 Jul 2009 Philip Martin Bailhache
09 Jul 2009 -             Michael Cameron St. John Birt ............... 1948-
 
Chief Ministers
08 Dec 2005 - 12 Dec 2008 Frank Harrison Walker ....................... 1943-
12 Dec 2008 - 14 Nov 2011 Terrence Le Sueur ........................... 1942-
14 Nov 2011 -             Ian Gorst ................................... 1969-
 

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